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If you fuffer fheep to go longer than four- 

 teen days between walhing and clipping, the 

 wool will be liable to receive injury by dirt or 

 filth; which will diminifh the value, though it 

 may add to the immediate weight. It will be 

 of advantage to houfe the fheep the night be- 

 fore clipping ; they will then fweat much, and 

 rub againft each other; which will not only add 

 weight to the wool, but alfo foften it, give it a 

 finer appearance, and abfolutely render it bet- 

 ter. However fome men may defpife thefe 

 niceties (as they may term them), they will find 

 their account by pra£tifing them. 



Provide yourfelf with a bottle of fpirits of 

 turpentine -, and if the fhearer fnip the fkin in 

 fhearing, twift a bit of wool round a flick, 

 which dip in the bottle, and dab on the wound. 

 Apply then a fmall quantity of tar to the part, 

 which will keep off the flies, and turn the rain. 

 The lambs, four or five days after their mo- 

 thers are clipped, will be found to have the 

 fags and lice. Thefe vermine may bedeflroyed 

 by a lotion compofed of arfenic mixed up with 

 water and foft foap. The following is a re- 

 cipe for making the lotion : Two pounds of ar- 

 fenic boiled in a fmall quantity of water, which 



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